Alan Alda revealed on “CBS This Morning” on Tuesday that he has Parkinson’s disease.
In the interview, the six-time Emmy Award winner said that he found out about his condition — a neurodegenerative disorder that affects movement and sometimes causes tremors — three and a half years ago. However, Alda has been able to live a “full life” and has pressed forward with new projects.
“I’ve had a full life since then,” he said. “I’ve acted, I’ve given talks, I help at the Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook. I started this new podcast.”
The 82-year-old Alda said that he decided to share his condition after he seeing his thumb twitch in recent television interviews.